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The yoga retreat centre near Fragrant Mountain is in a beautiful location and I was able to visit this before they closed for the Winter. The boys encouraged me to have a weekend away for my birthday present. It was good for my knee which has been enjoying the three-wheel bike trailer rides around though probably still doing a bit too much. It was informal yoga classes with a small group including myself, the caretaker, the volunteer teachers, a couple of travelers passing through Beijing and a girl who lived in the city and needed a good de-tox from a lingering cold and too many social commitments. In the evening when the weather was cool we did yoga inside and at night after a delicious meal, we had a sing along and shared some music. In the morning, it was yoga out under the sun on the rooftop overlooking the last of the Autumn leaves on the Mountainside. It is one beautiful part of Beijing, you would have no idea a massive city was so close!! I’ll definitely be going back for another visit next year when they open again.

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